Vasiliy Sergeevich Efremov ( 1 (14) January 1915 , Tsaritsyn - August 19, 1990 , Kiev ) - squadron commander of the 10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 270th Bomber Aviation Division of the 8th Air Army of the Southern Front , captain of the guards . Twice Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | January 1 (14) 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Tsaritsyn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | August 19, 1990 (75 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kiev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of army | Aviation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1934 - after 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Commanded | Squadron of the 10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / Wars | Soviet-Finnish War | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Retired | after 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born on January 14, 1915 in Tsaritsyn in a working class family. Russian .
In 1929 he graduated from the 7th grade and in 1932 - the school of factory apprenticeship in Stalingrad .
Service in the Red Army before World War II
In the Red Army since 1934 .
In 1937 he graduated from the Stalingrad Military Aviation School of Pilots .
He participated in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 as a pilot- bomber, commander of an aviation unit .
World War II
During the Great Patriotic War , from June 1941 to September 1944 , Efremov was the commander of the air link, deputy commander and commander of the air squadron of the 10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment . He participated in battles on the South-Western , Stalingrad , 4th Ukrainian and 3rd Byelorussian fronts.
In the battles for his native Stalingrad, Efremov made 198 combat sorties, destroyed 5 railway trains, 15 vehicles with military cargo, 11 aircraft and many other military equipment. During the battle of Stalingrad, he had to take off and fight several times a day.
By February 1943, the squadron commander of the 10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment ( 270th Bomber Aviation Division , 8th Air Army , Southern Front ) Guards Captain Efremov made 293 combat sorties on the bombing of clusters of manpower and combat equipment of the enemy.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 1, 1943, for exemplary performance of combat missions in enemy bombardment and reconnaissance and the heroism and bravery shown to him, Vasily Sergeyevich Yefremov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (No. 733).
The crew of the aircraft under the command of V.S. Efremov destroyed 32 enemy aircraft at airfields and 4 in aerial combat.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 24, 1943, Captain Efremov Vasily Sergeevich was awarded the second Gold Star medal for 340 successful combat missions of the Guard.
After the war
In 1949 , after graduating from the Military Air Academy , Lieutenant Colonel V. S. Efremov served as deputy commander of the air regiment, then as a test pilot . He mastered flights on many types of aircraft in various meteorological conditions.
Since 1960, Colonel V. Efremov - in stock, and then - retired.
The renowned air fighter was entrusted with the highest honor of carrying the torch with the Eternal Flame to Mamaev Kurgan during the grand opening of the Monument to the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad ensemble.
By the decision of the Volgograd City Council of People's Deputies of May 7, 1980, "For special services shown in the defense of the city and defeating the German fascist troops in the Battle of Stalingrad," Vasily Sergeyevich Efremov was awarded the title " Honorary Citizen of the Hero-City of Volgograd ."
The honored veteran lived in the capital of Ukraine - the hero city of Kiev , where he died on August 19, 1990 . According to the will, he was buried in Volgograd , on Mamaev Kurgan.
Political activities
- Member of the CPSU (b) (subsequently the CPSU ) since 1943 .
Memory
- In the hero-city of Volgograd in the square near the building of the medical university , where the Heroes Alley crosses the Lenin Avenue, on a high pedestal in 1952 a bronze bust of the Twice Hero of the Soviet Union was installed.
- A plate on the grave on Mamaev Kurgan
Awards and titles
- Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union No. 733 ( May 1, 1943 );
- Medal "Golden Star" Twice Hero of the Soviet Union No. ??? ( August 24, 1943 );
- two Orders of Lenin ;
- Order of the Red Banner ;
- two Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree;
- two Orders of the Red Star ;
- medals
- Honorary citizen of Volgograd ( May 7, 1980 ).
Works
- Squadrons fly over the horizon. ( Literary processing A. Khorunzhiy ). - M. , 1984.
Sources
- Heroes of the Soviet Union. A brief biographical dictionary. - M .: Voeniz., 1987 .-- T. 1.
- Bondarenko A.S. , Borodin A.M. (group leader), Loginov I.M. , Merinova L.N. , Naumenko T.N. , Novikov L.N. , Smirnov P.N. Throw in immortality // Heroes of Volgograd / Literary processing by V.I. Efimov , V.I. Psurtsev , V.R. Slobozhanin , V.S. Smagorinsky ; introduction A.S. Chuyanov . - Volgograd: Lower Volga Book Publishing House, 1967. - S. 5-24. - 471 p. - 25 000 copies
- Gummer I., Kharin Yu. Heroes of the great battle. - 3rd ed .. - Volgograd: Voeniz., 1965.
- Twice Heroes of the Soviet Union. - M .: Military Publishing, 1973.
- People are an immortal feat. - 4th ed .. - M. , 1975 .-- T. 1.
Links
Efremov, Vasily Sergeevich . The site " Heroes of the country ."